It鈥檚 only been a little more than two years since Jordan Henry, 鈥�12, graduated from 麻豆原创, but she鈥檚 already added some pretty big names to her resume, which includes working as a production assistant on Bravo鈥檚 鈥淭op Chef Duels,鈥� temping as an office assistant at Steven Spielberg鈥檚 Amblin Television and interning at E! Entertainment Television鈥檚 鈥淭he Soup.鈥� Her current gig, as the assistant to the line producer for ABC鈥檚 鈥淩evenge,鈥� may be the biggest name yet.
Her daily work for the primetime series includes maintaining the show鈥檚 production calendar, attending production meetings, tracking cast availability and working with ABC Legal on show clearances.
鈥淚 get to interact with various departments both on 鈥楻evenge鈥� and at ABC during the production of each episode, and I love seeing how everything comes together to create the finished product,鈥� Henry says.
She hopes the experience she鈥檚 gaining will one day lead her to a position as a development executive for a television network.
Henry graduated from 麻豆原创 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in radio-television, and then went on to earn a master鈥檚 degree in television from Boston University.
Having grown up in West Virginia, Henry hadn鈥檛 heard of 麻豆原创 until she began researching colleges.
鈥淚 toured the campus when I was in Orlando visiting family and ended up loving everything about it,鈥� she explains.
While she was a student, she worked on Knightly News, directing live shows, and was a part of the Honors Congress, National Broadcasting Society and the Italian Club, just to name a few.
As an alumna and resident of Los Angeles, where 鈥淩evenge鈥� is produced, she remains connected to her alma mater through the L.A. 麻豆原创 Alumni Club.
THAT’S A WRAP Q&A
Q. Who鈥檚 your favorite character on 鈥淩evenge?鈥�
A. Nolan Ross, the snarky tech genius
Q. Can you give us any hints as to how this season will end?
A. I can鈥檛, because I don鈥檛 know, but I鈥檓 sure there will be plenty of surprises!
Q. What advice would you give to current radio-TV majors at 麻豆原创?
A. Be informed! Watch, read and listen to as many things as you can. You never know what you鈥檒l learn or where inspiration will strike. Be able to form opinions about content and develop your own point of view. And network, network, network! You can never know too many people in this industry.
Q. Any hidden talents?
A. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do/Karate.
Q. If you could be any fictional character, who would you be and why?
A. Leslie Knope from 鈥淧arks and Recreation鈥� because she is a glorious, hardworking, loyal, passionate person, invested in pursuing her dreams as well as building strong relationships with her friends and loved ones. And, also because she eats a lot of waffles.
Q. Last TV show you watched?
A. I just watched the newest episodes of 鈥淭he Good Wife鈥� and 鈥淏rooklyn Nine-Nine.鈥� I鈥檝e also been watching 鈥淔riends鈥� on Netflix.
Q. All-time favorite TV show?
A. 鈥淪crubs鈥�
Q. What part of pop culture do you wish would just go away?
A. The Kardashians
Q. What do you do for fun?
A. Trying new restaurants and seeing movies are two of my favorite things to do with friends. I also really love to bake in my free time.
Q. If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A. Anything Italian, really. Probably lasagna or ravioli.
Q. What鈥檚 the hardest thing you鈥檝e ever done?
A. Moving to Los Angeles without a job or an apartment was really intimidating. It鈥檚 worked out for me so far though!
Q. Best piece of advice you鈥檝e ever received?
A. 鈥淲hatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don鈥檛 just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.鈥� 鈥擳ina Fey, Bossypants
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